A friend is earning $190K TC in FP&A at 8 YOE and after a few years of trying to break into VC was just offered an Associate role at a T2/3 fund on Sandhill for $145K TC - no negotiation.

Should he accept it considering it’s a first step?

What was the first thing you did once you become partner? I am assuming heavy pressure on selling more than what you were selling before?

For the partners/mds/directors etc how are you protecting your money with the new administration? I’m assuming Biden’s plan will help the lower class but for the upper class I’m sure there have been strategies your advisors have been telling you. I currently have 20k in savings and feel like it’s just getting inflated away.

Are dealerships not negotiating car prices right now due to the chip shortage and high demand for cars? Or is it just the used car market?

How to reach Fidelity International Gurgaon office by metro ?

How it's like to work in Johns Hopkins Hospital ED as RN?

How are you handling annual physicals? Are you starting to schedule them as normal?

What's the salary range for Senior Associate at PwC India in Assurance? Also how many levels are there in this rank before the next promotion to Manager? Can you also share the avg years of experience required for Senior Associate?

Anyone from digital business services team?

How to move from Barclays India to Barclays UK?

Got a verbal confirmation for an offer from recruiter. Now she is negotiating my pay with the compensation team instead of me. I thought I had to do the negotiations with that team? This is for a L3 role at google canada. To the fellow googlers, is this normal practice or am I being lowballed here?

Website question: is it bad to have a few spots that are over five years old? I keep them down at the bottom and the majority are much newer so they sort of serve as a ‘best of’ my older work.

Just got my offer accepted for a house in San Jose. Shopping for interest rate now:
Should I got for
7ARM - 4.25% interest rate
30 fixed - 4.75 % interest rate

Banker is recommending 7ARM but wanted to get general opinion as well.

Thoughts?

Does the employee get both the employer and employee contribution to PF or only own contribution to PF?

Why are we as a group not so active in helping each other ? I understand there are many members who joined with aspirations to learn DS. But existing members from DS are not active. sad sorry

This couldn’t be more timely as I’m sitting in the waiting room after just being diagnosed 😆 welcoming tips for adjusting to Adderall!

Do you have any favorite places to order catering for lunch meetings or events?

I Need a referral for BT. Can anyone Help?

How much TC can I expect if I go to a small family shop PE firm in a role that does both investment side and ops side? Trying to see if it makes sense to leave my current job where my TC is around $200k as a senior

Nyc family office associate comp expectations? They manage about $5B

Hi! About to join a PE consulting firm but don't have an extensive experience in doing CDD. Any good books /online courses with some practical examples that you'd recommend to get upto speed?

TIA!

Any tips on final round airport test fit interviews? Anythings I should / shouldn’t mention (eg gaming hobbies) and anything I should be wary of? Thanks in advance fellow fish!

Do PE firms validate GMAT or SAT scores for offers ?

WLB seems to improve after VP level at my firm. Curious if thats true at other firms 🧐

Any PE firms buy up mom and pop businesses or firms with valuations of the 10's of millions?

I am an AI consultant and have a data set of potential opportunities. I would like to partner with your firm.

Insurance, medical, restaurant, and others.

If you had to guess when oncycle will be, what would you say? I’ve heard funds were disappointed by participation rates and quality last time, so I’m curious to see if they can show enough discipline to wait this year.

Accepted an offer that’s giving me carry in a VC fund that’s 2019 vintage. However, this associate role will only be for two years, and there was no detail on vesting schedules. How do I work the details out?

During a 90 minute model test are you typically expected to build out the full pro forma B/S?

Do PEs offer singing bonus or relocation fee?

Can anyone speak to the presence of impact investing across PE versus VC or HF?

For context, I’m going for my MBA next fall (targeting M7) and want to pivot into impact-focused finance but am struggling to understand which option is best. I’m going in with 3 years of tech consulting experience (data & analytics) in the financial services industry.

Anyone gone through the interview process at Audax and willing to share?

Any experience with HIG Whitehorse (direct lending) interviews at Analyst/Associate level?

Has anyone at a mega fund like KKR or Apollo experienced coinvesting and actually being able to put money into a deal?

Friend of mine is going to EYP following their MBA. They asked if they would be able to lateral over in 2 years to PE. Any tips on how they can best set themselves up to do so? (Previous experience was naval academy and 5 years served as an officer)

Anyone here deal with Reines HH before?

Does anyone know when London on cycle will be? Have seen a lot of posts for the US…

Has anyone heard about hale global? It’s a VC/PE firm focusing on turnaround companies. Trying to find more info about this company and what type of deals they have done. But can’t seem to find many news. If anyone can share any insights about this company, that would be great. Thank you!

Anyone have a contrarian opinion on a trend / investment theme going on in the private investing world, particularly tech investing? Feels like everything is painted in the “huge growing market with tons of white space” lens.